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Last few places left on our upcoming online Fashion Archive webinar this April 12th at 11am! Register using the link below, and don't forget to email any audience questions to g.grande@leeds.ac.uk eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainab… #webinar #Sustainability #sustainablefashion
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Exciting news - watch this space to see how things continue to unfold!
Secretary of State at @DCMS, @lucyfrazermp, has announced £2.6m in funding for demonstrator projects from DCMS and @ahrcpress.
They will build on the existing Clusters to build firm foundations for the future of creative industries R&D - ukri.org/news/ahrc-and-dcms-…
ALT Quote reading 'Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said: Our creative industries are booming, with the government giving sizable support to these brilliant, innovative sectors. They are powering economic growth and now worth more than £116 billion to the economy every year. Today I can confirm another £2.6 million of investment through the Creative Clusters Programme to give a further boost to creative businesses and spread more jobs across the country.'
Great piece and thanks to @bridges_tom for joining us from the word go in championing the profound ways that #textiles continue to put #Leeds and #Yorkshire on the map
Wonderful letter by @monkeynut_coat in today’s FT about how the strengths of #Leeds and @UniversityLeeds in textiles innovation contributed to the discovery of DNA. 🐑 🧬
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As @FutureFashionF and firms like @AWHainsworth are showing, #Leeds remains a globally significant location for textiles innovation today, with continued links between textiles and med-tech innovation.
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Louise Gardiner, contemporary UK textile and designer who produces unique pieces of contemporary embroidered art #WomensArt
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I’m wearing something similarly #frockingfabulous right now! #Fashionhistory of c.1890 via North Dakota State University.
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Free articles from vol 55 available from Edinburgh University Press (@EdinburghUP).
You can read all articles in the issue just click on this link
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Probably American.
Wool Sweater, 1895.
'This very early sportswear sweater combines the aesthetics of fashionable dress through its large gigot sleeves and overall silhouette with the informal sportiness inherent in any knit fabric.'
© @metmuseum
#FashionHistory
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'Bird Dance' embroidery by Nancy Nicholson, contemporary UK textile artist #WomensArt
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#FridayNightFrills 18th Century embroidery sample for a men's frock coat. Patterned with delicate flowers and feathers. c.1790 via @cooperhewitt
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#FridayNightFrills 18th Century embroidered panels for a man's suit, c.1780's The multiple pieces; cuffs, collar, & front panels (inc. pocket flaps, vents, & buttons) & knee bands for breeches, represent a suit ready to be cut & sewn to the client’s measurements. via @metmuseum
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Friday Treat Time and a fabulous painted linen jacket by British fashion designer Sir #PaulSmith. Created for British Vogue’s 75th anniversary celebrations in 1991, its quirky bookcase design showcases Smith’s signature style of classic tailoring with a witty twist 📚
ALT The back of a painted linen jacket with a colourful book design.
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#StockholmFurnitureFair is nearly here, and we can't wait to preview our new fabric, Revolution! Made from our own waste yarn, this recycled wool is the first fabric to be created using iinouiio, our textile recycling capability.
Learn more at bit.ly/3R730dc
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Portuguese installation artist Joana Vasconcelos wrapped a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in a cotton crochet pattern #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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This weeks' #SheepOfTheWeek goes to these Dalesbred and Swaledale ewes on Rombalds Moor in North Yorkshire
📷 by @Dalesbrad007
#BritishWool #Sheep #Wool #Dalesbred #Swaledale #Ewe #Yorkshire
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May Morris helped transform embroidery from a domestic pastime, undervalued because it was mostly done by women, into a serious art form. Her work was exhibited widely and pieces like this showed what could be achieved by imaginative free-hand stitching.
🏛 Currently on display
